Known as the "Infield Magic", the Tigers' star infielder Javier Báez can guard guerrilla, second base and third base, but this season because of the team's needs, he also has to guard both the outfield and become a multi-purpose fielder, today he challenged the Angels away game, as the starting outfielder, not only knocked out a home run, but also confiscated the home run A wonderful performance to help the Tigers beat the Angels 10:4.
32-year-old Javier Báez, who won the Shortstop Golden Glove Award in 2020, but ended the season early in August last game due to injury, and the starting shortstop position was also replaced by rookie Trey Sweeney.
Tiger in the first game of the away challenge to the Angels, is Báez's 9th game as a starting outfielder, he seems to learn quickly, in the second half of the fifth inning, Angel Jorge Soler swung a deep high fly ball in the center right field, only to see Báez unhurriedly retreat to the wall, and then jumped up to catch the kill, confiscated a home run, the acrobatic performance amazed the Tigers, and in addition to defense, Báez in the first half of the third inning, also knocked out a spring cannon, the score chased a 1:1 draw.
In this game, Angel starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi performed well, and the main pitch was knocked out of 5 innings and 5 hits, including 2 Yangchun cannons and lost 2 points, one of which was Báez's masterpiece, and the Angels also led 4:2 when they exited, but unfortunately the cowshed was not guaranteed to be blown up in the late season, and in the first half of the eighth and ninth innings, the Tigers scored a total of 8 points to reverse the game and win the first win of the series.